As multigenerational living gains popularity, builders are responding by carving out more separate spaces for several generations to live together.
Not exact matches
Her quest to find the answers led her on a multiyear cross-country journey to meet with singles
as well
as couples who had found creative ways to
live — from
multigenerational homes to cohousing communities to couples «
living apart together» (LATs)-- and were eager to share how they did it and why.
For the Mosuo people of China, there is no such thing
as marriage and children
live in extended
multigenerational households with their mother and her blood relatives.
When distance becomes entrenched
as a way of
life in a
multigenerational family system, the older and younger generations end up cut - off from one another emotionally.
Multigenerational living also offers increased security for homes
as they're not unoccupied for long stretches during the day,
as well
as for elderly family members in general, who would be more vulnerable to targeted crime if they were
living alone.
Builders have been trying to prepare for the growth in
multigenerational living, such
as by introducing new floor plans that include mother - in - law suites, two main floor master bedrooms, or backyard cottages.